Pont du Gard
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Pont du Gard | |
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Coordinates | 43°56′50″N 04°32′08″E / 43.94722°N 4.53556°ECoordinates: 43°56′50″N 04°32′08″E / 43.94722°N 4.53556°E |
Carries | Roman aqueduct o Nîmes |
Crosses | Gardon River |
Locale | Vers-Pont-du-Gard, Gard, Fraunce |
Mainteened bi | Public Association o Cultural Cooperation (syne 2003) |
Wabsteid | www |
Chairacteristics | |
Design | Arch brig |
Material | Shelly limestane |
Tot lenth |
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Width |
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Hicht |
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No. o spans |
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Piers in watter | 5 |
History | |
Construction end | 40-60 AD? |
Construction cost | 30 million sesterces (est.) |
Closed | 6t century? |
Offeecial name | Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) |
Teep | Cultural |
Criteria | i, iii, iv |
Designatit | 1985 (9t session) |
Reference no. | 344 |
State Pairty | Fraunce |
Region | Europe an North Americae |
Designatit | 1840 |
Reference no. | PA00103291 |
References | |
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The Pont du Gard is an auncient Roman aqueduct that crosses the Gardon River in the sooth o Fraunce.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "EPCC du Pont du Gard". Culture-epcc.fr. 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ↑ "Monument historique — PA00103291". Mérimée database of Monuments Historiques (in French). France: Ministère de la Culture. 1993. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ↑ "Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) - UNESCO World Heritage Centre". whc.unesco.org. 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.